BIOGRAPHIES: Carl August ROEMHILD, Prairie Farm Township, Barron County, WI

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Carl August Roemhild, veteran of the Civil War and early settler of Prairie
Farm Township, was born in Saxony, Germany, Sept. 7, 1839, the son of John
George and Christliebe (Bachman) Roemhild, who brought the family, consisting
of four children, Carl August, Casper, Christina and Louisa, to the United
States in 1858, and located in Dane County, Wis., later moving to Dunn County,
where the parents spent the remainder of their days. Carl August was educated
in Germany, and came to this state with his parents. For a while he worked on
the Brigham farm in Dane County, situated on the old military trail from
Milwaukee to Prairie du Chien, and said to be the oldest farm in Wisconsin.
From Dane County he enlisted, in 1864, in Co. I, 42nd Wis. Vol. Inf., and
served until the close of the war, by reason of which service, the August
Roemhild Post, No. 234, G. A. R., of Prairie Farm, is named in his honor. Upon
his return from the army he resumed farm work. In 1867 he selected a homestead
of 160 acres in Section 34, Prairie Farm Township. He drove here in an ox
team, through the woods, and across rivers, bringing his wife and three
children, George, Jacob and Frank N., and a few household furnishings,
together with such implements as he needed to start farming. While he was
building a log house they lived in a covered wagon in which they had made the
trip. With this beginning he started to clear a farm in the wilderness. At
first he had but little to do with. Most of the furniture for the house was
made on the home place. The wife spun yarn to knit socks, caps and mittens for
the family. The best trading point was at Menomonie, many miles away, and
necessitating a long and even hazardous trip through the wilderness. For a
number of years, Mr. Roemhild worked in the lumber woods in the winter time in
order to get money to keep things going. He was a good citizen, and foresaw
that churches, schools and highways were necessary if this region was to
develop as an agricultural country. He consequently took a deep interest in
getting highways cut through, he helped to establish a school, and he did much
toward the starting of the Evangelical Church, opening his home to early
meetings, and holding various offices after the church was built. In the
meantime he was busy developing his farm. He added 160 acres more to his farm,
cleared and fenced quite a little of it, and successfully carried on general
farming operations. He put up a good frame house, and was building a barn at
the time of his death. He died Feb. 13, 1883, and his death was sincerely
mourned. He had done the town good service as a supervisor, the school
district good service as a member of the school board, and the community at
large good service as a capable and conscientious man. Mr. Roemhild was
married at Blue Mound, Dane County, Wis., in 1858, to Eva Mueller, who was
born in Germany, March 20, 1841, and came to America with relatives at the age
of thirteen, the voyage aboard the sailing boat taking fourteen weeks. She
died March 17, 1915. In addition to the three children mentioned, five,
Charles Henry, Louisa, Anna, Lena and Eva, were born in Prairie Farm Township.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 612.